Remembering the ‘Name of the Game’ in 2017

Let me paint a picture for you. America is suffering under the weight of eight years of failed liberal policies, government has expanded, people are ready for change, and a strong conservative Republican candidate is replacing a liberal Democrat president. If you were to guess this is February 2017, you’d be right. However, the same circumstances were true in February 1969, when the Phyllis Schlafly Report headlined the article “Patronage Is the Name of the Game.” Phyllis knew that electing the right people is only the first step to real change. The next step is to surround the right person with a strong and competent team of staff and advisors.

Back to Community Organizing

When Donald Trump took office on January 20, Barack Obama did not leave Washington, D.C. for a private life, as all of his recent predecessors have done. He remains on the scene to help lead the insurgency against Trump. The Obamas moved into a $5 million mansion just two miles from the White House. The mansion is owned by Joe Lockhart, who was the White House press secretary when Bill Clinton was impeached in 1998.

Trump Battles the ‘Shadow Government’

The President of the United States is often called the most powerful man in the world, but the forces arrayed against Donald Trump are unprecedented. To the 63 million Americans who voted for him, the campaign to undermine President Trump is downright frightening.

Reasons to Oppose the Travel Ban

While liberals around the country were busy complaining about President Trump’s travel ban that sought to stop the onslaught of outrageous aggression, the liberals in California made their own travel ban against religious expression. According to a new California law, public universities are no longer allowed to send students to states that oppose gay rights. Students that have prepared for months to make presentations of their research have been told to cancel their plans. Athletes have been told not to expect any games with rivaling teams from states like Tennessee, Kansas, or North Carolina. The logic is that California doesn’t want taxpayer dollars going to states that hold conservative, pro-family principles.

Creeping Socialism?

During the Roosevelt and Truman Years, Republican Candidates used to hold forth on a subject called “Creeping Socialism.” This was defined as the growth of big government, taxes, debt, bureaucrats, and controls – all leading to the ultimate horror of Socialism like in England. I doubt that many votes were swayed by this oratory. The result sounded too remote and the semantics too extravagant.

Taxpayers Face Billions in Obamacare Judgements

In February the U.S. Court of Claims ordered the federal government to pay $214 million to a small Oregon insurer based on its participation in the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare. Moda Health had enthusiastically participated in Obamacare health insurance exchanges only to nearly go out of business. They participated based on a promise by the Obama Administration that it would provide financial support under the “risk corridor program” to companies that lose money insuring unhealthy patients. Moda Health participated and lost money, but then the government refused to fully reimburse it.

A History of Public Prayer

Beginning this day – April 25 – in 1789, every session of the U.S. Senate has opened with prayer. This was a continuation of the Continental Congress’ practice during the Revolution, as Ben Franklin remarked in 1787: “In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection.”

NYC Forces Fast Food to Disclose High Sodium

The average American consumes about 3,400 milligrams of sodium each day, which is nearly 50% more than the suggested amount. Studies show that nearly one-third of all the sodium ingested by Americans is from restaurant food. Surveys conducted in New York City and Philadelphia estimate that the salt content in fast food meals served in those cities increased by 23% between 1997 and 2010.

Truth in Black and White

Liberals are experts at taking very bad ideas and making them look very good. The issue of free speech on college campuses is an excellent example. After all, conservatives and liberals would generally agree that we do not like to see real hateful speech on college campuses. However, the liberal ideology uses that sentiment to muzzle free speech while the conservative realizes that curtailing First Amendment protections is not a real solution. The only true response to speech that we disagree with is to meet it with other speech of a differing viewpoint.

Christie Loses 6-0 Despite Appointing the Judges

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie appointed five of the seven justices on the New Jersey Supreme Court so the court should be as conservative as Christie-the-candidate. But not one of these justices voted for the conservative side on one of the biggest issues in the state.

Paul Revere’s Ride

Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, on the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-Five; hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year.

Court Orders Removal of Ten Commandments

Our federal judiciary is now so stacked with liberal appointees that multiple federal courts have ordered the removal of a small Ten Commandments monument from the lawn of a New Mexico city hall. The town of Bloomfield has been displaying the Ten Commandments alongside the U.S. Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, and the Bill of Rights, but a lawsuit by the ACLU is forcing the removal of only the Ten Commandments monument.

Banning the Word Easter

Alabama’s radio station WHNT reported that an elementary school principal allowed teachers and students to hold normal Easter celebrations, but banned the uses of the term “Easter.” The principal claimed her authority for this ridiculous rule was “religious diversity conflicts.” The school in Madison, Alabama, called Heritage Elementary, still had an egg hunt and a costumed rabbit, but Principal Lydia Davenport said neither could be referred to using the word “Easter.” She said it was ok to still feature a bunny, but she said, “we just make sure we don’t say ‘the Easter bunny’ so that we don’t infringe on the rights of others because people relate the Easter bunny to religion.” The principal allowed the egghunt to go on, but she ruled that the prizes had to be of different shapes rather than just eggs. No explanation was given about what restrictions were put on the egg hunt, but presumably it was the fear that somebody might slip up and call one of the eggs an “Easter egg.”

Anniversary of Our English Dictionary

Yesterday, On April 14 in 1828, 185 Years ago, Noah Webster published his Dictionary containing 30,000 definitions. He had been working on it for 26 years. As a business venture, the Dictionary was not a success. The rights to it were bought after his death by George and Charles Merriam. But as a landmark in giving American English its unique identity, and even the American concept of individual rights, Noah Webster’s life work was very successful.

Setting the Record Straight About Jefferson

Today is Thomas Jefferson’s birthday, a man whom we honor most of all because he wrote the Declaration of Independence. However, Thomas Jefferson has in recent years become the favorite Founding Father for the American Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and other atheist groups because they like to quote him as the author of the phrase “wall of separation of church and state.” If there ever was an example of words being taken out of context, that is it. The atheists use that quote to misrepresent Thomas Jefferson and make us believe that he saw no role for religion in government; and that is completely untrue.

Convention of States Misleads Conservatives

The campaign for a new constitutional convention masquerades under the misleading slogan Convention of States. This falsely implies that states can exert some measure of control over the agenda, rules, or apportionment of a convention to amend the U.S. Constitution. In fact, all such powers are reserved to Congress or to the convention itself.

States Are Rejecting a ‘Horrible Idea’

Most state legislatures are now in regular session, and there’s no shortage of important work to be done at the state level. Yet many state legislatures are wasting precious time on a scheme to change the U.S. Constitution by calling for a national convention.

Making America ‘Safe – Not Sorry’

As we continue our celebration of fifty years of the Phyllis Schlafly Report, we turn our attention to Phyllis’s work from 1968. Phyllis Schlafly always showed the passion of personal experience as she wrote about issues that affected everyday Americans – including her! This is very evident in her Phyllis Schlafly Report from May 1968, in the headline article called “Crisis in Law and Order.” Without a doubt, her writings on the riots of 1968 very clearly apply to the protests that have swept our nation in recent years.

White House Cracks Down on Illegal Immigration

Illegal aliens who pose a risk to others or to the security of our nation should be deported immediately without awaiting formal criminal charges or convictions. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly’s new policy sensibly authorizes government officials to make such determinations.

New Deportation Policies Advance Trump’s Agenda

John F. Kelly, the new Secretary of Homeland Security, officially launched Donald Trump’s immigration agenda with a pair of memos in February. These documents demonstrated that the Trump Administration is absolutely serious in halting illegal immigration. Contrary to the liberal hysteria sparked by these memos, they outline in measured tone the sensible steps to be taken to deport illegal aliens who are dangerous to our citizenry. The era of “big immigration” is officially over.